FA Cup fourth round draw in full: Manchester United face Ruud van Nistelrooy reunion as Plymouth get Liverpool

The legendary Red Devils striker was recently in caretaker charge at Old Trafford following the departure of Erik ten Hag having initially returned to the club as an assistant coach over the summer, performing well but exiting upon the appointment of Ruben Amorim as the new full-time manager.

Now Van Nistelrooy – whose last game of his interim tenure was a 3-0 win over the Foxes in the Premier League – faces a quick return to United as head coach of top-flight strugglers Leicester, who ended a run of five consecutive defeats with a 6-2 thrashing of Championship side QPR in the third round on Saturday.

United advanced themselves on Sunday courtesy of a penalty shootout win over Arsenal in a thrilling tie at the Emirates Stadium in which Joshua Zirkzee successfully dispatched the winning spot-kick following Altay Bayindir’s crucial save from Kai Havertz.

Amorim’s side had led 1-0 after half-time in north London through captain Bruno Fernandes, but saw Diogo Dalot sent off before Gabriel’s equaliser as the two sides could then not be separated through extra time with back-up goalkeeper Bayindir making multiple strong saves to keep the 10 men alive in the tie.